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Barbara Bingham Holmstrup passed away Monday, October 25, 2010, at the age of 77. Mrs. Holmstrup was born April 3, 1933 in Woden, Iowa to Oliver and Cora Fisher Bingham. Her father was a farmer and her mother was a school teacher. The family moved to Albuquerque, NM when Barbara was three years old because her father was diagnosed with TB. Mrs. Holmstrup graduated from Highland High School in 1951 in New Mexico and worked as a secretary at Sandia Naval Base when she met Bob Timmis, and they were married in 1951. The couple had a very active life as a Navy family, working at the Pentagon, living in Hawaii, and being stationed in Portugal. Bob and Barbara had three children. When they returned to the U.S., they were stationed in Albuquerque, and in the late 1960's, they were transferred to Washington DC. At the age of 51, Bob passed away. Barbara was 47 years old with three children. Barbara later married Rev. Kenneth C. Holmstrup in Virginia. They took a church appointment in Grants, NM where they lived until she became the caregiver of Kenneth after he suffered a major stroke. She was now again a widow in 2003. Barbara moved to North Carolina to live out her days with her daughter, Susie. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Holmstrup was preceded in death by two husbands, Robert Timmis and Kenneth Holmstrup; a sister, Catherine Flint; two brothers, Wilber Bingham and Vernon Bingham; and a daughter, Debrah Ann Middlebrooks. She is survived by her daughter, Susan Prigmore and husband, John of Jonesville, NC; a son, Robert Timmis, Jr. and wife, Carla of Albuquerque, NM; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Friends may visit French ~ Wyoming Chapel, Wednesday, November 3, 2010 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Services will be held Thursday, November 4, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., also at French ~ Wyoming Chapel. Interment will follow at Sandia Memory Gardens. Please visit our online guestbook for Barbara at www.RememberTheirStory.com French 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE (505) 823-9400
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